This standard is maintained by XBRL International, an international non-profit consortium of approximately 450 major companies, organizations, and government agencies around the world. It is an open standard, provided free of license fees, and is already being used in numerous countries.
Combined with âstep-upâ authentication, context-based authentication optimizes a layered approach to access security by assessing user login attributes and matching them against pre-defined security policies. When security policies are met, users are granted immediate access.
The mutual authentication process generates a shared key between the AS and the station. After the key is established, the AS transfers this key to the AP via RADIUS. Thus, this master key is at that point shared between a station and an AP. It is known as the Pairwise Master Key (PMK).